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Hot Pot King (Lai Fu Lou) Frommer's Highly Recommended

Cuisine Hot Pot
Hours Daily 11am-4am
Address
Huaihai Zhong Lu 1416
Location 2nd Floor (at intersection of Fuxing Xi Lu), Xuhui District (Southwest Shanghai)
Transportation Metro: Changshu Lu
Reservations Reservations recommended
Phone 021/6473-6380
Prices Meal for 2 ¥80-¥120 ($11-$17/£5.50-£8.50)
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V

Frommer's Review

Unlike most hot pot restaurants, which are packed, chaotic, and decor-free, Lai Fu Lou offers some of the most elegant hot pot dining in town. Decor is sleek with soft gray chairs and dark brown wooden tables spaced far apart, affording diners some welcome privacy. Your biggest decision will be to pick your soup base: There's a wide variety here to choose from, including a special chicken soup stock, fish, or pig bone soup. Many folks opt for the yuanyang version, which contains both a potent spicy stock and a more benign pork-based broth. Besides all the usual meat and vegetable ingredients, the restaurant also specializes in handmade yuwan (fish balls) and danjiao (egg-wrapped dumplings).

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